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Competition in search for excellence is a dangerous tool, management implements a metric and the departments optimize for the metric no matter what the long-ter
by HarryHirsch 9y ago
Competition in search for excellence is a dangerous tool, management implements a metric and the departments optimize for the metric no matter what the long-term goals are. This is how Sears became run into the ground: http://www.salon.com/2013/12/10/ayn_rand_loving_ceo_destroys_his_empire_partner/ http://www.salon.com/2013/12/10/ayn_rand_loving_ceo_destroys...
Armed forces around the world rely on esprit de corps. The British SAS don't have to compete against Navy Seals to know they are the best, they know already.
- TallGuyShort 9y agoOf course if something analagous to the SAS selection course was used for hiring at these labs, methinks you wouldn't see sloppy work either.
- HarryHirsch 9y agoAlso the training. In special forces each serviceman is trained beyond the immediate job duties. If the commander or anyone with special skills dies during a mission someone else must step up immediately to replace them and of course they all had the requisite training. You'd ask just how a nuke technician could even think of getting close to assembling a critical mass. Are they really that dumb? Have they never been told?
- sverige 9y agoYes, I guess that's what I'm getting at. And the SAS and SEALs are very aware of each other's existence, I'm sure, as well as that of the Russian Spetsnaz and similar forces.